Davestown, building a western table!

[Cory]

That's a good idea for the door. I find doors and windows are the hardest bit to scratchbuild and always welcome a shortcut.

[Mr. White]

Grubman,

That Ertl building, did you prime it grey and dry-brush light grey? It's got a great look of dried up wood.

[Gluteus Maximus]

Yes, you've taken a basic toy & turned it into a lovely model fit for any Western game!

[grubman]

Grubman,

That Ertl building, did you prime it grey and dry-brush light grey? It's got a great look of dried up wood.

It's primed black, then painted dark grey, and then drybrushed with two lighter shades of grey.  It's the same colors I use for rocks, but it also give a nice weathered look to wood grain.

[grubman]

Got some new batteries.  Just a few quick pics.

The first is the Cow Town Stable ready for play.  I thought long and hard about how to make the signs and in the end decided that I was going to go with a natural (sloppy) sort of painted by a real person look.  Not sure if I'm 100% in love with it, but it'll work for now.

The second pic is my scratch built work in progress...the popsicle castle!  You can still see the old saloon stuff underneath through the windows and the sign.  Once painted I think it will be a gunshop.  It has that sort of Jed Clampet look.  It looks funy right now, but hopefully after a good coat of paint....well, we'll see, if it looks like shit nothing is lost except a couple hours of work

[matakishi]

Looks ok so far  

[grubman]

I got my scratch buit done today.  3 days of work (well, not constantly, but you know).  My hand is sore as hell from chopping popsicle sticks (not near as easy to cut as Balsa wood!).

I was really worried about half way through the painting, as it wasn't looking that good, but I kept at it and worked on the weak areas, and by the time I was done I had a building I really liked.

I wish I would have thron some mini figures into the pictures below, but didn't think about it untill I sat down to post these...oh well.  Coments or advice always appreciated.

All I have to do is paint up those other two Ertl buildings and the "new" table will be ready to go...a lot better than the original IMHO.

[grubman]

The holiday sort of slowed everything down, but I got another cowtown building painted, the Sheriffs office.  Davestown is starting to look a lot different than the original.

[Chairface]

Man, it looks 100X better than before - and it didn't look bad before!

[matakishi]

That is a truly eerie haunted-looking town  

[Gluteus Maximus]

Your scratch-build fits in well with the improved Cow Town models.

This is a very informative & enjoyable thread. I look forward to more in 2008!

[grubman]

Your scratch-build fits in well with the improved Cow Town models.

This is a very informative & enjoyable thread. I look forward to more in 2008!

I really want to do a nice playtest report of my first game...but I've been wondering if I can.  In the first game I'll be trying to use the rules for the first time, and trying to teach them to someone else.  I think stopping to take pictures and make notes every turn might be a bit too much for me to handle for the first game...and might make it less fun for the other guy playing.

[matakishi]

Play your first game as a game and if it's worth reporting then set up the key scenes later for photos. This can be done with your opponents help as part of the 'after-game discussion'.

[grubman]

Well OK, the fourth and final cowtown building is done!  I was saving the most difficult for last, and to make matters worse I cobbled together a porch with roof to make it a little cooler.  I had to build a porch anyway (as I did with the Sheriffs office) as the plastic ones just look sort of crappy and fake...but that didn't stop me from carving off peices to peicmeal this together.  I like how it came out...I know it sounds like an excuse, but I have a terrible cold today, and it probably would have been a bit better if I was feeling well.  Nothing I did today seemed to work out right (you should have seen me taking down the Christmas lights outside  :x ), and my hands were a bit shakey (for the lettering and windows).  But hey, I like the end product just fine.

[Mr. White]

Grubman,

As usual, great stuff!

How long do you think it took you to scratch build that porch? How about to paint the building?